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Alkaline water leached from wood ash. Chinese-style noodles are struck with it.
Obtaining
Usage
Striking chukamen
With wheat flour in the mixer it makes chukamen dough. Without alkaline water there is no chukamen — the yellow colour and the springy bite both come from it.
As an ingredient
Behavior
Not the salt-maker's kansui
Two different liquids share a reading in Japanese. The salt maker's is concentrated seawater; the noodle maker's is alkaline water from wood ash. They are not interchangeable.
Related guides
Advancements
Pantry MasteryChallenge
Get one of every preparation the provisions maker can make, from salt to stock
Making it step by step
Each step shows one batch. Where recipes differ, the route with fewer processing steps is shown.
Process flowchart
Arrows connect each output to the matching ingredient in the next step. Scroll horizontally to explore wider diagrams.
Step 1EquipmentFurnace
Ingredients
- Short Grass / Tall Grass / Fern / Large Fern / Dead Bush / Vine / Bamboo / Chestnut Leaves / Curry Leaf Tree Leaves / Fig Leaves / Hinoki Cypress Leaves / Persimmon Leaves / Konara Oak Leaves / Kunugi Oak Leaves / Bay Laurel Tree Leaves / Lemon Leaves / Lychee Leaves / Mango Leaves / Japanese Red Pine Leaves / Mikan Leaves / Nashi Pear Leaves / Orange Leaves / Peach Leaves / European Pear Leaves / Pomegranate Leaves / Shikuwasa Leaves / Japanese Cedar Leaves / Tea Tree Leaves / Ume Leaves / Walnut Leaves / Yuzu Leaves / Straw / Sasa
OutputPlant Ash